“If He scourge, let Him slay once for all, and not laugh at the trial of the innocent. MYSTICAL INTERPRETATION Who would not suppose that this was uttered in pride, unless he heard the sentence of the Judge, Who pronounces, For ye have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job hath. Therefore it follo…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book IX
Original
23If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
Preparing…
Kids
Preparing…
In context
21Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
— Job 9:23 —
24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
25Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.